Restoreforlife
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Restoreforlife Inc. strengthens kinship caregivers youth and families through arts-based healing advocacy education and navigation to community resources helping them build skills stability and voice while reducing unnecessary child-welfare system involvement.
- Income
- $23,663
- Spending
- $54,249
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Highest pay
- $6,000, instructor
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- Trauma-informed clay creative arts classes with healing circles and open studios; public sharing ceremonies at the end of the cycle. Persons benefited: ~20 families 40-60 individuals. Expenses: $11950. Grants included: $13000.
- Kinship Navigation & Resource SupportNavigation and warm handoffs to legal aid behavioral health housing and food resources; peer advocacy and case support. Persons benefited: ~25 caregivers families approx.. Expenses: $0 direct shared occupancy supplies reported elsewhere. Grants included: $10,000.
- R.E.A.L. Fellowship advocacy & leadership12-week fellowship teaching family rights advocacy and data literacy; weekly 3-hour sessions with a Town Hall presentation to community stakeholders. Persons benefited: 24 fellows. Expenses: $6,474. Grants included: $6,474 participant stipends aid to individuals.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2021.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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